Please, Sir, We Want Some More

You decorated your house for Christmas for one or more of the following reasons:

• You love to share the joy of the season.
• You like to show off.
• You want to outdo your obnoxious neighbor's light show.
• Your parents always decorated; it's tradition.

Patch is a nontraditional source of news, information and conversation, so we can't do much about that last reason. But the other motivations fit perfectly with our first Deck the House contest.

If you enter a photo or video of your decked-out house today, you:

• Will spread the joy to thousands of people who won't get the chance to drive by your house.
• Will have a chance to be named the best-decked house in Marietta.
• Could win $500 to help with the electric bill you roll up beating that neighbor.
• Give the public schools in or (depending whether you live within the city limits) a shot at a $100,000 cash gift from Patch.

And, honestly, on a Christmas afternoon when it's raining relentlessly, do you have anything better to do?

Go to deckthehouse.patch.com/marietta to enter right now. Remember, the deadline is 11:59 p.m. Monday, but the sooner you enter, the more time you give people to vote.